YFM backs small UK businesses to help them to grow and produce strong financial returns for our investors. But we also want to build better businesses that are ultimately more sustainable. As part of our aim of building bigger and better businesses, we identify impact and ESG areas where our businesses can target improvement.
Paul Cannings
Partner
You can read more about our approach in our latest Sustainable Investment Report
As signatories of the PRI, we follow the Principles for Responsible Investment.
£12m
was invested in research and development by our companies
£34m
of goods were exported by our portfolio businesses, up from £29m in 2019
2,954
full time jobs were created/maintained by our portfolio businesses, up from 2,805 in 2019
17%
of our portfolio businesses had a female CEO, versus 8% of the FTSE100
207
volunteering days were completed by our portfolio businesses, up from 58 days in 2019
30%
screened their suppliers
for both human rights and wider
ethics standards
50%
Of our portfolio businesses had a mental wellbeing programme for their employees, up from 45% in 2019
20,000
hours of non-statutory training was given by our companies
95%
of our portfolio businesses paid all of their staff more than the minimum wage, up from 90% in 2019
45%
of our portfolio businesses had carbon reduction strategies in place, up from 40% in 2019
55%
of our portfolio businesses had a plastic reduction strategy in place, up from 50% in 2019
75%
of our portfolio businesses had a landfill diversion strategy in place, up from 65% in 2019
The above content references 2020 data